在老年人队伍中与体重指数相关的因素:结构方程建模分析分析
Bruno de Freitas Camilo1, Nayara Gomes Nunes Oliveira2, Alisson Fernandes Bolina3
1Department of Body and Human Movement, State University of Minas Gerais, Passos, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
PloS one
|July 18, 2024
概括
年龄较大的成年人.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 老年人的营养状况受到多种相互关联的因素的影响.
- 了解这些关系对于有效的健康干预至关重要.
- 以前的研究还没有完全阐明对身体质量指数 (BMI) 的直接和间接影响.
研究的目的:
- 分析社会人口,行为和健康因素对社区老年人的BMI的直接和间接影响.
- 确定影响这一人口群体营养状况的关键决定因素.
主要方法:
- 用2015年和2020年收集的数据进行纵向研究设计.
- 使用结构方程建模 (SEM) 来评估直接和间接的影响.
- 使用p<0.05.05来确定统计学意义.
主要成果:
- 老年人较高的BMI与年龄较小,家庭收入增加,日常生活活动中的功能障碍更大以及伴随疾病的数量更高直接相关.
- 观察到与高BMI的间接关联是教育水平,性别和参与中度到剧烈的体力活动.
- 这项研究包括220名老年人,平均基线年龄为68.86岁.
结论:
- 这项研究揭示了影响营养状况和老年人BMI的因素的复杂相互作用.
- 调查结果强调需要针对老龄化人口的具体需求制定公共卫生政策.
- 干预措施应考虑多因素方法,解决社会人口统计学,行为和健康方面的问题.
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